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Russian satellite n°: |
Launch data:
| Designation | 28547 / 05007C |
| Launch date | 28 Feb 2005 - 19:09 UT |
| Launch site | B, LC1 |
| Launch vehicle |
Soyuz-U |
| Mission | Technology, communication |
| Earth orbit: |
| Perigee / Apogee | 132 x 145 km |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 87.26 min |
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Spacecraft data:
| Prime contractor | Space Research Institute (IKI) |
| Operator | RNII KP |
| Platform | ISS |
| Mass at launch | 4,5 kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | Cylinder with handle |
| Dimension | |
| DC power | lithium battery |
| Propulsion | none |
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Decay:
| Descent date: | 30 Aug 2005 (~02:24 UT) |
| Lifetime: | |
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Description:
The TNS-0 (Technologicesky Nanosputnik) (or TEKh-42) is a small Russian
eperimental satellite, which was deployed from the ISS on 28. March 2005 during
a spacewalk. It was delivered to the space station by Progress-M 52.
TNS 0 will serve as the prototype for future super-small craft. Specialists
from the Moscow Russian Scientific Research Institute developed the TNS-0 for
Space Instrument Engineering (RNII KP). The TNS-0 weighs 4.5 kilograms. It is
designed to check up the data transmission line operated by the GlobalStar
satellite communications system. The satellite consists of a lithium battery,
two modems, an antenna and an on-board timer. It proved too costly to launch the
TNS-0 via a carrier rocket, since a separate jettisoning system would have been
required. RNII KP specialists agreed that it would be launched from aboard the
space station.
TNS 0 is about a foot long, weighs 11 pounds and contains a transmitter. The
crew activated it before leaving the airlock and stowed it on the outside of the
docking compartment. The object of the experiment is to develop small satellite
control techniques, monitor satellite operations and develop new attitude system
sensors.
Sharipov deployed it from the ladder at Pirs, giving it a push in the
direction opposite the direction the Station is traveling, while Chiao took
photos. It left the Station at a relative velocity of about one meter per
second.
Mission details:
The TNS Nanosputnik was released from the ISS, during a EVA on 28 Mar 2005 at 08:30 UT.
Ref.: #3(SD398), #7, #14, #207 - update: 18.12.05